I'm enjoying a nice relaxed afternoon after running the Winelands Marathon in Stellenbosch this morning. I know that has got nothing to do with chess, but it has to do with me. I also want to mention that I have updated some of the 'about me' information in the side bar.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
First, lets look at the puzzle, that brought me to this post:
Answer: Be5#
I have read up about the topic at hand, and found a very interesting read on wikipedia.
Click here to go the that post. It will open in a new window.
In that page they had the following game:
Get a chess board, and set it up in the following position. Then play the rest of the game:
From this position, play continued:
84.Kd6 Kf6 85.Kc5 Ke5
86.Kc4 Bd5+ 87.Kd3 Nf4+
88.Ke3 Be4 89.Kd2 Kd4
90.Kc1 Kc3 91.Kd1 Bc2+
92.Ke1 Kd3 93.Kf2 Ke4
94.Kg1 Bd1 95.Kf2 Nd3+
96.Kg3 Ke3 97.Kh4 Kf4
98.Kh3 Ne1 99.Kh4 Ng2+
100.Kh3 Kf3 101.Kh2 Kf2
102.Kh3 Be2 103.Kh2 Bg4
104.Kh1 Ne3 105.Kh2 Nf1+
106.Kh1 Bf3# 0-1
I suggest you print this post. :-) I am going to do it now and play it on one of my boards!
Enjoy your weekend!
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